'(Signed) WINSTON CHURCHILL.' REPLY. '_To Winston Churchill, Lord Dundonald's Brigade._ 'Many thanks for your kind message received yesterday, all ranks appreciate your kind expressions. '(Signed) COLONEL, DUBLIN FUSILIERS.' XXIX. 18/3/00 (1). COLENSO RAILWAYMEN'S TELEGRAM TO REGIMENT. '_To Brigadier-General Cooper, Commanding Irish Brigade, Ladysmith._ 'On St. Patrick's Day the railway men of Colenso respectfully wish to convey to the officers and men of Her Majesty's Dublin Fusiliers their best wishes for a speedy termination of the present war, in which the Dublins have borne so glorious a part. The whole of South Africa rings with praise of the gallant Irish Brigade. We mourn with you the loss of so many gallant men of your command. They have fallen in their defence of a united South Africa, over which, please God, Her Most Gracious Majesty's flag will fly from Cape Town to the Zambesi. '(Signed) INSPECTOR CAMPBELL.' REPLY. 18/3/00 (1). _'To Inspector Campbell, Colenso._ 'On behalf of the officers and men under my command, please accept our heartfelt thanks for your kind message and expressions of sympathy. (Signed) COLONEL COOPER.' XXX. _5th Brigade Orders, 18/3/00_ (1). CAPE TOWN IRISHMEN SEND TELEGRAM. The following telegram has been received by General Sir Redvers Buller:-- 'Cape Town Irishmen wish the gallant Irish officers and men under your command many returns of St. Patrick's Day, and would express their heartfelt admiration for the way in which they have maintained unsullied the splendid military traditions of Ireland and the Empire under your gallant leadership.' XXXI. _Ladysmith, 20/3/00_ (2). THE QUEEN SENDS TELEGRAM OF THANKS. The following reply to telegram sent by Colonel Cooper on behalf of the battalion to Her Majesty the Queen on Shamrock Day was received yesterday:-- 'The Queen thanks her Dublin Fusiliers for loyal message. Windsor Castle, 18th.' XXXII. _Elandslaagte, 3/4/00_ (7). COLONEL SAUNDERSON'S LETTER. The following letter was received to-day by the Commanding Officer from Colonel Saunderson, M.P.:-- _'Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, 1/3/00._ 'DEAR SIR, 'I cannot help writing to you to express on my part, and on the part of every loyal Irishman, the pride and sympathy we take in the heroic deeds of the Dublin Fusiliers in South Africa. Your gallant regiment has shed a lustre on the army to which they belong and on the country from which they come. 'No words of mine can express the admiration we feel for their loyalty, their courage, and their indomitable determination. I hope they realise how our hearts are with them.'